https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1567943422836621312Queen Elizabeth II, Great Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died Thursday at her Balmoral estate in Scotland — putting in motion a special plan for memorial events dubbed “Operation Unicorn.”
What happens under Operation Unicorn?With the Queen’s passing at her beloved Balmoral, her body will be taken via royal train to Edinburgh where she will rest in state at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Mirror reported.
Her coffin will then be taken to St Giles’ Cathedral, also in Edinburgh, for a brief period.
Holyroodhouse and St Giles’ Cathedral are expected to be the main sites where mourners can pay their respects in Scotland.
Under the plans, the late monarch’s coffin will then make a final, five-hour journey back to London on the royal train.
After returning to the capital, the Queen’s body will be taken to the throne room of Buckingham Palace.
How this changes Operation London BridgeOperation London Bridge is the all-hands protocol that is in place if the Queen is to die in London and set in motion a 10-day mourning period ahead of her funeral.
After the initial events of Operation Unicorn are carried out and the Queen’s body arrives back in London from Scotland, Operation London Bridge will proceed, according to leaked details reported by Politico and the Guardian in recent years.
Her coffin will then be taken to St Giles’ Cathedral, also in Edinburgh, for a brief period.
Holyroodhouse and St Giles’ Cathedral are expected to be the main sites where mourners can pay their respects in Scotland.
Under the plans, the late monarch’s coffin will then make a final, five-hour journey back to London on the royal train.
After returning to the capital, the Queen’s body will be taken to the throne room of Buckingham Palace.
How this changes Operation London BridgeOperation London Bridge is the all-hands protocol that is in place if the Queen is to die in London and set in motion a 10-day mourning period ahead of her funeral.
After the initial events of Operation Unicorn are carried out and the Queen’s body arrives back in London from Scotland, Operation London Bridge will proceed, according to leaked details reported by Politico and the Guardian in recent years.
The London Bridge plan will see the Queen’s coffin rest at Buckingham Palace for three days before a procession through London to the Palace of Westminster, where Parliament sits.
A service will be held at Westminster Hall when the coffin arrives and the Queen will lie in state there for three additional days.
Under the plan, the Queen’s funeral would take place at Westminster Abbey 10 days after her death.
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